CNN’s Kaitlan Collins Confronts Trump To His Face on Rants Torpedoing Case Against Comey
CNN anchor Kaitlan Collins confronted President Donald Trump to his face about the potential for his frequent rants to torpedo the case against former FBI Director James Comey.
After Trump publicly pressured Attorney General Pam Bondi this week to go after a list of enemies in a DM-style Truth Social post and again in remarks to reporters, the Comey indictment dropped on Thursday, with a defiant Comey pledging to fight it out in court.
But many have observed that Trump, who continues to rail against Comey uncontrollably, could be helping Comey build a case for malicious prosecution. Collins confronted Trump on the issue during an Oval Office event on Monday.
On Monday night’s edition of CNN’s The Source with Kaitlan Collins, Collins shared the exchange with NOTUS correspondent Jasmine Wright:
KAITLAN COLLINS: The other thing that’s going on is James Comey.
WRIGHT: Yes. COLLINS: He got indicted. He is said to be arraigned here on Wednesday, not here in the Eastern District of Virginia.
And I asked the President about his comments on that today, and this is what he said.
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COLLINS: James Comey is being arraigned on Wednesday.
TRUMP: Yes.
COLLINS: Obviously, after his indictment.
Are you worried that your own statements, calling for his prosecution, could help him actually, in his defense of this case?
TRUMP: No. I think he’s a crooked guy. He’s a dirty cop. Comey, I think he’s a dirty cop. He’s recognized by many people to be a dirty cop and dishonest guy. So, all I have to do is — I mean, I have nothing to do with the case. I just say, Good luck.
COLLINS: But you called on Pam Bondi to prosecute him, in a post on Truth Social.
TRUMP: No, no, I don’t call anybody. You know what? I’m allowed to do that, if I wanted to do that. But Comey is a crooked guy. He has been for years, and he got caught.
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COLLINS: That answer, of course, coming as legal experts have said they actually do think his comments could be used to help Comey in his defense.
JASMINE WRIGHT: Yes, everything that President Trump has said, has Truth Social-ed, his folks across the government, both inside and outside the government, before the administration and now, are all up for grabs in terms of what Comey’s team could use as part of his defense. We’ve talked to legal experts, at NOTUS, who have basically said the same thing, that that could be used against him.
Watch above via CNN’s The Source with Kaitlan Collins.
